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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

India’s young audience is mature, but storytellers haven’t done enough: Neelesh Misra

Gaon Connection founder Neelesh Misra shares his ideas about content creation, fake news and journalism.

Hoaxposed: Video of children twerking in school is actually from Cuba

The video went viral in India on the back of claims that it happens in the country’s ‘convent’ schools.

Real news can be a bigger problem than fake news

The world of the internet — a world of information — is giving us more truth than we can handle, which explains the decline of the liberal world order.

Profit-making and commercial biases influence news feeds on Google, Facebook and Twitter

Big tech companies must reinvent their business models with clear emphasis on policy and responsibility, and hold powerful algorithm creators accountable.

HoaXposed: Man beating a ‘naga sadhu’ in viral video is not a Muslim

The video with a polarising caption tweeted by Imam Tawhidi was also shared by actress Koena Mitra on Twitter. New Delhi: A video of a naga...

Indian heads of social media platforms likely to be punished if fake news not checked

A panel headed by Rajnath Sigh is like to recommend action against social media platforms if they do not remove objectionable content from their site.

Former pilot ‘followed by Modi’ & SC lawyer want to be India’s media vigilantes

Duo is in the process of registering NGO, India Against Biased Media, already filed cases against actor Swara Bhaskar, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.

Kerala is not facing Lord Ayyappa’s wrath, flood video is from Mexico

The video, being shared on Twitter, falsely claims that a Hindu deity's wrath over the Sabarimala Temple case has caused the Kerala floods.

Delhi Police now has a secret weapon to counter fake news

It has a rather banal name, but Delhi Police has a set of wheels every bit as cool as the Batmobile, and it is being used to catch culprits unleashing mayhem from the anonymous annals of cyberspace.

This Delhi Police ‘Batmobile’ is out to catch the fake news bad guys

The force now has at its disposal a hi-tech van equipped with technology that allows them to 'crack' phones in minutes.

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History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?